Railway-track



A. LUCHETTI.

RAILWAY TRACK. APPLICATION FILED APR. 19. ms.

Patented Aug. 3, 1920.

auoeutoz PATENT OFFICE.

AMEDEO LUCHETTI, or monmm, new MEXICO.

RAILWAY-TRACK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 19,

To all whom '2'! may ("UNIT/'11,.

lie it known that I Aimnno liioni-rrrl', a citizen of the United States, residing at Moncro. in the county oi lico Arriba and State oi New Mexico, have invented certain new and useful lluprovmnents in Railway- Traeks; and i do hereby declare the follow" ing to be a full, clear, and exact description oi the invention, such as will enable others slilllWhiii the art to which it appcrtalns to Idaho and use the StillU.

Thi invention relates in crrtain new and us tu! iinpwo'cnn-nts in ailway lizuli coir strut-limp and couicniplai s ludtc' i:,i)t'k'l:til} an inipr rd i n: of ra l supporting tin: and associated l joining tit"\ "1.

tin obi-wt Jl the present in'wiition is the produclion oi a rcadil portable rail tie and joint designed cspcrially For we in t mporarv track construction such as that eniplotrcd in mines narrow gage lines build i311! l'uiintilli'jtiflll and. the like Lightness in weight and rapidity in assembling being priin ipui tat-hur in woz'h oi this kind, the lici'cin dcsi'i'ihcd lilfclli oll has been pro duccd to supply these needs in an cil'ective manner.

\nothcr illl ltt of this invention is the production oi'a metallic tin of durable and light coi'istrin-tion having formed thereon a rail engaging incinhei adapted to coiipcn ate with a rail engaging one'piece securing dcvicc of vmgc lilo; Formation detachalilly securwl to the with thosr and other objects in vicw the inu-ntion further consists in the arrangenicnt and design ot the several parts here iuat'icr dz sr'ri cd and pointed out in the appended claims in the tltCOlllPilltYlllfl drawings, which show by way of illustration an embodiment of my invention,

Figure l is a view in elevation of my bin proved tie and rail joint as applied in sup porting one rail member oi a railway trac t.

Fig. is a plan view tllercof illustrating the manner in which the abutting ends of two rail sec ions are brought together and secured in position upon my improved tie and Fi 3 is a sectional View on the line 3---3 of Fig. 2 showing in BitWRtlOIl the cooperating one=piece rail engaging member.

The invention while iu'imarily designed for use in the construction of light railroads which can be readily taken up and removed Patented Aug. 3, 1920.

1913. Serial N0. 229547.

to other fields (if opci'ation, is not so limited, and it will be readily understood that it may be equally appliod to the construction of relatively permanent lines of transport tion.

Referring to the drawings in which similar reference characters designate eorrewhi h thc tra k is laid. thereby giving definite stability to the I rucl-L.

Near il)! ends t each lie and formed intograll v therewith. are rail engaging nu-nihors 4. Each oi thesimembers compriscs extending arms 5 projecting beyond the sides of the tie as shown in Fig. The inner face 6 of the rail engaging member is dcsigned to fit between the head and base of the rail. The under face 7 of the rail cugaging member l is angularl cut to con form to the taper of the upper surface of the flange of the rail. A recess is provided in the tie 1 and forms a liat surface upon which the rail rests. Between the under face T of the rail engaging member 4 and the rail supporting surface of the tie the rail is firmly positioned and secured in place by a one-piece. cooperating rail engaging member 9 now to he described.

The one-piece rail engaging member 9 is provided with extending arms 10 of a length equal to the arms 5 of the rail engaging member 4. The under face of the rail engaging member 9 is angularly out or in clined to conform to the upper surface of the flange of the rail, as shown in Fig. 1. Formed integrally with the one-piece rail engaging member 9 is a wedge portion 11 adapted torest upon the supporting surface of the tie and cooperate with an inclined shoulder 12 extending across the tie 1. The purpose of this inclined shoulder 12 and cooperating wedge portion 11 is to in surc the forcing of the rail engaging member 9 against the web of the rail and the said web in turn against the rail engaging member 4. r

The securing device for holding the wedge portion in place upon the tie comprises a threaded bolt or locking screw 13 threaded into the body of the tie 1. The screw 13 passes through an opening formed in a depending flange or shoulder l-l ealried by the rail engaging member 9, and is provided with a head 15, as shown. The depending ilange or shoulder 14 is preferably adapted to abut against the side of the tie as shown in Fig. 3 when the rail ends are, elan'iped in posit ion. .\n extension arm 16 of the flange ll protrudes outwardly under the rail, and serves to guide the eotiperating rail member 51 and retain it on the tie.

In assembling the railway traek, the abutting ends Hand 18 of joining rails sections are brought together upon the tie, as shown in Fig. 2. lhese abutting ends of the rails may be in the ste )ped form as indicated at. Mr or they may It of any other approved form. The flanges of the base of the rails are snugly fitted in the reeess 8 and under the lIU'llJll'd surtaee of the rail engaging member t. The eoiiperating rail engaging lnember U is now applied with its int-lined suri'are engaging the opposite l'langes of the rails. and its wedge portion 11 against the lllt'llltttl shoulder 12 formed on the tie l.

The serew bolt 13 is now inserted through the depending tlange H and threaded into the tie. .\s the serew 11-5 is tightened the wedge portion 11 ot' the rail engaging member i is gradually t'oreed against the inelined shoulder 12 ot' the tie. thereby pressing the said rail engaging membe against the rail and more partieularly the web thereof. The "ontinued tightening of the serew arts to foree the rail ends over against the rail engaging member 4- and insure a eomplete se euring ot' the rails in plate.

From the foregoing it will be obvious that an etlieient tie and rail joint has been prodneed in whieh tie or fish plates. spikes and numerous other elements now used are entirely dispensed with. and a novel single or one-pieee rail seeuring member is substitilted.

Advantages in handling. laying and transporting this form of track eonstruetion will also be apparent.

I elaim:

1. In a traek eonstruetion of the class deseribed the eombination with a rail supporting tie provided with a relatively fixed rail engaging member. of a eoiiperating rail engaging member movable on said tie. a wedge portion provided on said eot'iperating rail engaging member. an inelined shoulder formed on said tie. a flange provided on said eoiiperating rail engaging member and adapted to bear upon the under side of the rail. and a serew ada lted to pass through said flange and into the tie for fort-ing the aforesaid wedge against the inelined shoul der for elamping the rail ends in position upon the tie.

2. In a traek eonstruetion oi the class deseribed the eombination with a rail supporting tie provided with a relatively fixed rail engaging member. of a cooperating rail engaging member movable on said tie a wedge portion provided on said eooperating rail engaging member. an inelined shoulder formed on said tie. a tlange provided on said eoiiperating rail engagin member and adapted to bear upon the under side oi the rail. and means loeated upon one side of the tie and earried by said flan e for foreing the aforesaid wedge against the inelined shoulder for elamping the rail ends in position upon the tie. I

3. A railway traek eonstruetion eoinprising a tie. a rail reeeiving reeess tormedam the upper surtaee of said tie. a rail engaging member tormed integrally with said tie and having its under slll'taee ineljned tor-engaging the flan e of the rail. another rail engaging member movable on said tie and having its under taee inelined for engaging the upper fare of the flange of the rail. an arm formed thereon and adapted to bear upon the under side of the rail. a wedge portion formed on said last mentioned rail engaging member. an inclined shoulder orlned in tegrally with the tie and against whieh the wedge portion bears. and means earried by the aforesaid arm for holding said wedge portion against the inelined shoulder for seenring'the ends of the ails in position.

4. railway traek eonstruetion comprising' a tie having a rail reeeiving reeess. a rail engaging member provided on the said tie. a eoiiperating rail engaging member movable in said reeess. an arm earried by said last mentioned rail engaging member adapted to bear upon the under snrtaee of the rail for retaining said rail engaging member in said reeess. a wedge portion formed on'said movable rail engaging meniher. an inelined shoulder formed on one edge of the aforesaid reeess in the tie. and a loeking deriee positioned upon one side of the tie and earried by said seeond mentioned eooperating rail engaging member for seenring the 'said member against the inelined shoulder and rail support.

Tn testimony whereof I aliix my signature in presence of two subseribing witnesses.

AMEIH'TU Li't'lllCTTI.

'itnesses 1mm, 1. (hmuaxn. Mrs, J, M. (innmxn. 

